Apps for Facebook Messenger

Mobile users who wish to message pals will have to download the Messenger app in addition to the core Facebook app, Apps For Facebook Messenger.

For mobile users who text with good friends by means of Facebook, it's nearly time to download the social-media giant's dedicated app for doing so, or lose the ability.

Apps For Facebook Messenger

Facebook says that, for the next couple of days, it will be notifying individuals that if they wish to continue sending out mobile message, they'll need to download the Messenger app.

" As we've said, our goal is to focus advancement efforts on making Messenger the finest mobile messaging experience possible and avoid the confusion of having separate Facebook mobile messaging experiences," a Facebook spokeswoman stated Tuesday in a composed statement.

" Messenger is used by more than 200 million individuals monthly, and we'll keep working to make it a much more appealing way to get in touch with individuals."

In April, Facebook announced the modification was coming. It has actually been presented to Android and iOS users in parts of Europe and in other places given that then, and is now concerning the United States.

In November, after Facebook launched Messenger 3.0, the company

discontinued messaging in the core Facebook app for individuals who currently had Messenger.

The bright side for people still using just the Facebook app is that they'll be able to message friends in similar method they do now. Once both apps are set up, tapping the "message" icon on the Facebook app will just send the user to Messenger. They'll have the ability to return by means of a "go back to Facebook" icon.

The popularity of apps like Messenger and WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired in February, are assisting alter the rules for texting. Wireless prepares that charge for texting are ending up being a distant memory in the United States, though they stay the standard in places like India, South America and Africa, where WhatsApp has ended up being a popular, almost free alternative.